"awen" meaning in Welsh

See awen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈau̯ɛn/ Forms: awenau [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps related to awel (“breeze”). Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|awenau}} awen f (plural awenau)
  1. muse, poetic inspiration Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-awen-cy-noun-2tm-B-hn Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 34 38 28
  2. poetic talent Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-awen-cy-noun-31QZg5PX Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 34 38 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gorawen (english: rapture)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈau̯ɛn/ Forms: awenau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], awen [error-unrecognized-form], hawen [prothesis-h]
Etymology: From Middle Welsh awen, a variant of auwyn (“rein”) (modern afwyn), from Proto-Brythonic *aβuɨn, borrowed from Latin habēna (“rein”). Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|wlm|awen}} Middle Welsh awen, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*aβuɨn}} Proto-Brythonic *aβuɨn, {{bor|cy|la|habēna||rein}} Latin habēna (“rein”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|awenau}} awen f (plural awenau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. rein Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-awen-cy-noun-l8MKmnSG Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 34 38 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "rapture",
      "word": "gorawen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps related to awel (“breeze”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "awenau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "awenau"
      },
      "expansion": "awen f (plural awenau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 38 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "muse, poetic inspiration"
      ],
      "id": "en-awen-cy-noun-2tm-B-hn",
      "links": [
        [
          "muse",
          "muse"
        ],
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "inspiration",
          "inspiration"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 38 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "poetic talent"
      ],
      "id": "en-awen-cy-noun-31QZg5PX",
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "talent",
          "talent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈau̯ɛn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "awen"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "awen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh awen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*aβuɨn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *aβuɨn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "habēna",
        "4": "",
        "5": "rein"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin habēna (“rein”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh awen, a variant of auwyn (“rein”) (modern afwyn), from Proto-Brythonic *aβuɨn, borrowed from Latin habēna (“rein”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "awenau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hawen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "prothesis-h"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "awenau"
      },
      "expansion": "awen f (plural awenau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 38 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "rein"
      ],
      "id": "en-awen-cy-noun-l8MKmnSG",
      "links": [
        [
          "rein",
          "rein"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈau̯ɛn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "awen"
}
{
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    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh feminine nouns",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh terms borrowed from Latin",
    "Welsh terms derived from Latin",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "rapture",
      "word": "gorawen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps related to awel (“breeze”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "awenau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "awenau"
      },
      "expansion": "awen f (plural awenau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "muse, poetic inspiration"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "muse",
          "muse"
        ],
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "inspiration",
          "inspiration"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "poetic talent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "talent",
          "talent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈau̯ɛn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "awen"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh feminine nouns",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh terms borrowed from Latin",
    "Welsh terms derived from Latin",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "awen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh awen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*aβuɨn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *aβuɨn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "habēna",
        "4": "",
        "5": "rein"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin habēna (“rein”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh awen, a variant of auwyn (“rein”) (modern afwyn), from Proto-Brythonic *aβuɨn, borrowed from Latin habēna (“rein”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "awenau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hawen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "prothesis-h"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "awenau"
      },
      "expansion": "awen f (plural awenau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rein"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rein",
          "rein"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈau̯ɛn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "awen"
}

Download raw JSONL data for awen meaning in Welsh (2.7kB)

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